The UK Bond Tape Goes Live – And the Real Work Begins
When the UK’s bond Consolidated Tape goes live on 22 June, it will have cleared every regulatory hurdle in its path. ETS Connect UK secured Financial Conduct Authority authorisation as the appointed provider earlier this month, closing a process that ran for the better part of two years. Yet the participants building the tape, scrutinising...
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AI adoption in capital markets has moved into a more disciplined phase. The priority is now controlled deployment: where AI can be used safely, where it can deliver measurable value, and how outputs can be governed, monitored and evidenced. The 2026 edition of the AI in Capital Markets Handbook examines how AI is being applied…
Poor data preparation for artificial intelligence deployments is exposing financial institutions to greater business conduct risks that could cost them as much as US$43 million per year, according to new research. An updated report by business conduct data provider RepRisk found that such AI-related incidents are on the rise as applications are rolled out at...
Off-channel communications compliance is moving beyond which tools firms permit. The deeper challenge is whether firms can evidence control over who is in scope, which channels are approved, how records are captured, how exceptions are escalated and how supervisors reconstruct context when a regulator asks for proof. That was the central theme of A-Team’s RegTech...
Are prediction markets arriving in institutional workflows faster than the industry has worked out what it is buying? The valuations are real. The distribution deals are real. The research interest is real. What is not settled is a set of questions sitting underneath the adoption story – and a closing fireside session at the recent...
When the UK’s bond Consolidated Tape goes live on 22 June, it will have cleared every regulatory hurdle in its path. ETS Connect UK secured Financial Conduct Authority authorisation as the appointed provider earlier this month, closing a process that ran for the better part of two years. Yet the participants building the tape, scrutinising...
Following the momentum and buzz surrounding prediction markets during the 2024 US elections, event-based trading has rapidly emerged as one of the most dynamic growth areas in capital markets. What was once considered a niche segment has evolved into a global opportunity, attracting established exchanges, everyday participants, fintech innovators, and entrepreneurs seeking to launch new...
In an era of escalating regulatory pressure, financial institutions can leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) to transform compliance from a cost burden into a strategic competitive advantage. These technologies, applied to sophisticated monitoring systems, generate structured, high-quality data at scale, converting what was once a static compliance archive into a source...
The buy-side trading desk of the future is asset-agnostic and AI-augmented. The defining characteristic is an architecture where clean, joined-up workflows across all products allow an agentic overlay to function reliably. For investment firms, the priority is to establish these common foundational layers now; firms that remain trapped in siloed, asset-specific stacks will find that...
New York-based AIQ Markets has partnered with electronic trading platform MarketAxess to develop AIQ Insight, an AI-native tool specifically designed to help fixed-income traders and portfolio managers analyse U.S. corporate bond market data and analytics more efficiently. The platform allows users to search bond data, evaluate relative value, and build portfolios using natural language queries….
Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT) has entered into an agreement with ICE Data Services, a subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), to integrate ICE’s foundational evaluated prices and reference data into its new buy-side Fixed Income execution management system (EMS). As part of the partnership, TT will also offer its clients access to ICE’s Continuously Evaluated…
Iress has established a multi-year partnership with the United Arab Emirates-based multi-asset trading platform, BitDelta Pro. The agreement extends Iress’s existing trading and market data capabilities across high-growth international financial markets. As part of the collaboration, BitDelta Pro will adopt Iress’s complete trading and market data suite. The technology integration includes platforms such as ViewPoint,…
SEI has introduced an updated investment management platform that merges SEI Data Cloud with a portal named SEI Scope to manage data access, workflows and operations. Global investment managers collaborated on the system to cover the full operational lifecycle through automation and data governance, the provider of financial technology, operations and asset management services said….
Integral, the currency technology provider, has extended its long-term partnership with global financial services firm StoneX Group Inc. The collaboration establishes connectivity at the Equinix SG1 data facility in Singapore, a move designed to strengthen StoneX’s capabilities and client service across the Asia-Pacific region. The localised deployment will allow StoneX to lower latency and enhance…
Waypoint Trading Solutions, a TNS business, is expanding its European exchange connectivity services by launching managed hosting and ultra-low latency Layer 1 connectivity at the Equinix MD6 data centre in Madrid. This expansion prepares for Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) migrating its matching engines from Las Rozas to MD6 in the second quarter of 2027….
Shield has expanded its communications surveillance platform to cover Microsoft 365 Copilot interactions and image-based content, addressing two areas where financial firms’ working practices have been moving faster than their compliance controls. The update adds a native Microsoft 365 Copilot connector and OCR text extraction for image attachments. Together, the capabilities bring employee prompts, AI-generated…
TS Imagine has expanded the product coverage within its TradeSmart Fixed Income Execution Management System (EMS) to include comprehensive support for loans trading. This update allows users to trade leveraged loans, syndicated loans, and distressed debt through the platform. The addition addresses a growing demand from trading desks for more scalable, automated, and integrated workflows…
BestEx Research Group LLC, the independent provider of algorithmic execution and trading analytics, has launched AMS One, an end-to-end algorithmic trading platform allowing banks and brokers to build and operate their own execution businesses across global equities and futures markets. The platform integrates four key components required to run a competitive algorithmic execution enterprise, according…
Clearstream, the post-trade business of Deutsche Börse Group, has announced a next-generation digital securities infrastructure designed to integrate traditional and tokenised asset markets. The hybrid platform will enable market participants to combine traditional securities, digital assets, and various cash forms within a single portfolio. Operating across Europe and connecting 60 global markets, the initiative aims…
Investor Pointe has launched as a technology and services company designed to unify operations for private markets firms. Led by newly appointed Chief Executive Officer Scott Hofmann, the company combines an AI-enabled platform, a specialist services team, and tailored solutions to support firms across the entire investor lifecycle. This ranges from fund design and fundraising…
Bond marketplace OpenYield has closed a Series A funding round of over $6 million, led by LeveL Markets with participation from Draper Associates, Canapi Ventures, and Clocktower Ventures. Launched in 2024 as an alternative trading system (ATS), OpenYield provides an automated, equity-like trading experience for fixed income. To date, the platform has executed nearly $2…
STP Investment Services (STP) has been officially designated as the Premier Partner for Fund Services by Lightspeed Data Solutions. This formalises a commercial relationship that began in 2019, positioning STP as the preferred operational partner for investment firms using the Lightspeed Trade Data Management System (TDMS) platform. The two firms already share 18 investment managers…
Xceptor, the data automation specialist for capital markets, has introduced two new features, AI Reconciliation Rule Builder and Live Tester, to simplify the creation and validation of reconciliation logic. Initially accessible through the Xceptor Reconciliations SaaS platform, these tools use artificial intelligence alongside proprietary evaluation logic to automatically suggest matching and comparison rules from sample…
Aiviq, the client data platform for the investment management industry, has launched an AI-powered Native App on the Snowflake Marketplace. The application deepens the integration between the two firms, allowing joint customers to securely access Aiviq datasets, including assets under management (AUM), flow, and net revenue data, directly within their Snowflake environments. The app utilises…
Stablecoin Standard has appointed Dr Lisa Cameron to support its government relations and policy engagement across the United Kingdom and United States. In her new role, she will focus on convening global policymakers and members through a series of dedicated initiatives, including roundtables, networking dinners, and international trade missions. Dr Cameron brings extensive legislative and…
Genesis Global has announced five senior leadership promotions to support increasing client demand for efficient, compliant software delivery in capital markets. The appointments are strategically positioned to help financial institutions integrate artificial intelligence into their development processes. By combining AI capabilities with a library of established capital markets workflows and components, the Genesis platform ensures…
Capital markets data and analytics provider BMLL has appointed Michael Chiappinelli as Chief Revenue Officer. Based in the United States, Chiappinelli will lead the company’s international commercial strategy and global sales function, reporting directly to Chief Executive Officer Paul Humphrey as part of the executive management team. His appointment follows the company’s acquisition by Nordic…
Eventus, provider of trade surveillance and financial risk solutions, has announced two major additions to its leadership team. Eric Litz has been appointed as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Sarah-Jane McColl joins as Chief Customer Officer (CCO). Both executives report directly to CEO Cameron Routh as part of the company’s focus on enhancing client compliance…
End-to-end regulatory operating system FinregE has appointed Paul Lyon as chief marketing and communications officer, creating a new executive role as the company looks to sharpen its market positioning during a period of growth. Based in London, Lyon will report to Rohini Gupta, chief executive officer, and lead FinregE’s communications, analyst relations, brand, marketing and…
Corlytics has appointed Lisa Miles-Heal as chief executive officer, effective June, as the Verdane-backed regulatory intelligence firm prepares for its next phase of international growth. Miles-Heal brings nearly two decades of executive experience in technology-led businesses. Most recently, she oversaw the transition of accounting compliance company Silverfin from a founder-led business into a Visma group…
Galytix, an AI firm for financial institutions, has hired former Quantexa leader Roshni Patel as chief growth officer, charged with accelerating global expansion. Patel previously worked at Quantexa as global head of risk solutions, following more than 20 years at KPMG, Lloyds Banking Group and Moody’s Analytics. As chief growth officer, he will manage global…
Kalshi has appointed Sudhir Jain as chief compliance officer and head of regulatory affairs, adding derivatives-market supervisory experience as the prediction-market operator expands its institutional ambitions and faces a more contested regulatory environment. Jain joins from Patomak Global Partners, where he worked on derivatives, compliance and risk-management advisory matters after five years at the National…
Muinmos has appointed financial services entrepreneur Paul Ford as an investor and advisor to the Board, adding operational risk, RegTech and scaling experience as the firm looks to build out its AI-led compliance capabilities. Ford brings more than 25 years’ financial services and operational experience. He was Founder and CEO of Acin, the London-based RegTech…
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has sued the State of Wisconsin after the state brought civil actions against Kalshi, Polymarket, Crypto.com, Robinhood and Coinbase over prediction market activity. The action, filed on 28 April 2026, extends a widening federal-state dispute over the regulatory treatment of event contracts. The CFTC argues that Congress gave the…
FIS is working with Anthropic to bring agentic AI into banking operations, starting with a Financial Crimes AI Agent designed to support anti-money laundering investigations. The agent is intended to assemble evidence from bank systems, evaluate activity against known typologies and surface higher-risk cases for investigator review, with BMO and Amalgamated Bank among the first…
Eventus has appointed Cameron Routh as chief executive officer, placing a financial technology executive with more than two decades of experience in software and data businesses at the head of the trade surveillance and financial risk technology provider. Routh succeeds founder Travis Schwab, who has led Eventus for 11 years and overseen the development of…
Eventus, a global provider of trade surveillance and financial risk solutions, has announced the appointment of Cameron Routh as its new Chief Executive Officer. The transition follows a majority investment in the company by Terminus Capital Partners (TCP), a private equity firm specialising in B2B AI and software. Routh succeeds founder Travis Schwab, who led…
Zema Global, the data and analytics provider for the energy, commodities, and financial sectors, has announced three senior executive appointments to its leadership team. Tina Morris joins as Chief Operating Officer to oversee operational excellence and the integration of AI-driven efficiencies. Frederick Winston has been appointed Chief Financial Officer to manage strategic scaling, while Javed…
Xceptor has appointed former Pershing and Vanguard leader Sareena Dalla Brookshire to the newly created position of chief product officer to help the capital markets data automation specialist advance its artificial intelligence product programme. Dalla Brookshire, who has almost two decades of experience working in capital markets, is based in New York and will focus…
We are thrilled to unveil the winners of the 2026 A-Team Innovation Awards. These awards celebrate successful projects within financial institutions (both with vendor support and without) across the financial enterprise.
Congratulations go out to this year’s RegTech Insight Awards Europe 2026 winners. These awards recognise excellence in trading solutions and services for capital markets and focus on vendors providing exceptional trading infrastructure, trading technology, and data solutions.
Meet the winners of the 8th annual TradingTech Insight Awards USA 2026. These awards recognise excellence in trading solutions and services for capital markets and focus on vendors providing exceptional trading infrastructure, trading technology, and data solutions.
